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                    "dictionary": "Bailly",
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                    "description": "<b>ου (ὁ)<\/b> <font color='purple'>[ῐ]<\/font><br\/><b>   I<\/b> écrevisse, AR. <i>Pax 1083 ;<\/i> PLAT. <i>Euthyd. 297<\/i> c ; ARSTT. <i>H.A. 4, 2 ;<\/i> ATH. <i>91<\/i> c ;<br\/><b>   II<\/b> <i>p. anal. :<\/i><br\/><b>      1<\/b> cancer, <i>constellation,<\/i> ARAT. <i>147 ;<\/i> PLUT. <i>M. 908<\/i> c ;<br\/><b>      2<\/b> chancre, cancer, tumeur, HPC. <i>95<\/i> f ; DÉM. <i>798, 23 ;<\/i><br\/><b>      3<\/b> pince pour saisir <i>ou<\/i> tenir les objets dans le feu, ANTH. <i>6, 92 ; particul<\/i>. tenaille de forgeron, ANTH. <i>6, 117, etc. ;<\/i> tenaille, instrument de supplice, EUR. <i>Cycl. 605 ;<\/i><br\/><b>      4<\/b> compas, <i>c<\/i>. κίρκινος, SEXT. <i>10, 54 ;<\/i><br\/><b>      5<\/b> sorte de bandage, GAL. <i>12, 476 ;<\/i><br\/><b>      6<\/b> sorte de chaussure, PHÉRÉCR. <i>fr. 75<\/i>.<p style='color:darkgreen'>➳ <i>Plur. irrég<\/i>. κάρκινα, ANTH. <i>6, 295<\/i>.<\/p><p style='color:darkblue'><b>Étym<\/b>. <i>cf. sscr<\/i>. karkas.<\/p>"
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                    "reference": "Liddell-Scott-Jones, Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1940)",
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                    "description": "ὁ, heterocl. pl. καρκίνα (v. sub. fin. ; on the accent v. Hdn. <i>Gr.<\/i> 2.926): — <b>crab<\/b>, Epich. 53, Hellanic. 103 J., S. <i>Ichn.<\/i> 298, Ar. <i>Eq.<\/i> 608, Pl. <i>Euthd.<\/i> 297c, <i>Batr.<\/i> 299; κ. ποδήνεμοι CratesCom. 29.3; various species distinguished, Arist. <i>HA<\/i> 525a34, cf. 601a17, al. ; <b><i>prov.<\/i>, οὔποτε ποιήσεις τὸν καρκίνον ὀρθὰ βαδίζειν<\/b> Ar. <i>Pax<\/i> 1083; εἴς μ’ ὁρεῦσα καρκίνου μέζον ΄with saucer-eyes΄, Herod. 4.44. Cancer, as a sign in the zodiac, Eudox. ap. Hipparch. 1.2.18, Euc. <i>Phaen.<\/i> p. 10 M., Arat. 147, etc.<br\/><b>eating sore<\/b> or <b>ulcer, cancer<\/b>, = καρκίνωμα, Hp. <i>Aph.<\/i> 6.38, D. 25.95, Gal. 10.83. from like ness of shape to crab΄s claws, <b>pair of pincers<\/b>, Aen.Tact. 20.3, 32.5, IG 11(2).165.11 (Delos, iii BC), <i>AP<\/i> 6.92 (Phil.), Ath. 10.456d; κ. σιδηροῦς POxy. 521.14 (ii AD); used as an instrument of torture, D.S. 20.71; in Surgery, <b>forceps<\/b>, κ. ἰατρικός IG2². 47.16; <i>metaph<\/i>, λήψεται τὸν τράχηλον ἐντόνως ὁ κ. E. <i>Cyc.<\/i> 609. = ζυγώματα, bones of the temples, Poll. 2.85. a kind of <b>shoe<\/b>, Pherecr. 178. a kind of <b>bandage<\/b>, Heliod. ap. Orib. 48.54 tit., Gal. 18(1).777.<br\/><b>pair of compasses<\/b>, Ph. <i>Bel.<\/i> 55.25, Ph. 2.192, Gal. <i>Opt. Doctr.<\/i> 3, S.E. <i>M.<\/i> 10.54; heterocl. pl., καρκίνα σπειροῦχα <i>AP<\/i> 6.295.5 (Phan.).<br\/><b>still<\/b>, implied in καρκινοειδής ΙΙ. pr. n. of Attic tragedian, hence <b><i>prov.<\/i>, Καρκίνου ποιήματα<\/b>, = τὰ αἰνιγματώδη, Men. 525; Megarian pr. n. Κερκίνος SIG 201.12 (iv BC). (Cf. Lat. <b>cancer<\/b>, Skt. <i>karkaṭas<\/i> ΄crab΄.)"
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                    "description": "ὁ, <i>der Krebs<\/i> ; οὔποτε ποιήσεις τὸν καρκίνον ὀρθὰ βαδίζειν Ar. <i>Pax<\/i> 1049 ; Plat. <i>Euthyd<\/i>. 297c ; Arist. <i>H.A<\/i>. 4.2 ; Ath. III.91c. – <i>Das Gestirn des Krebses<\/i>, Arat. 147. – <i>Das bösartige Geschwür, der Krebsschaden<\/i>, Hippocr. u. a. Medic.; Dem. 25.95 <font color='blue'>neben φαγέδαινα<\/font> ἢ τῶν ἄλλων ἀνιάτων τι κακῶν. – Von der Aehnlichkeit mit den Krebsscheren,<br\/>   <b>a)<\/b> <i>die Zange<\/i>, πυραγρέτης, Philp. 16 (VI.92); einen plur. καρκίνα σπειροῦχα hat Phani. 3 (VI.295); vgl. Phot. <i>lex<\/i>. Nach Hdn. περὶ μ. λ. p. 21.21 auch κάρκινος akzent.; – ὁ κυκλογραφῶν, <i>der Zirkel<\/i>, S.Emp. <i>adv.phys<\/i>. 2.54.<br\/>   <b>b)<\/b> <i>eine Art Fesseln<\/i>, λήψεται τὸν τράχηλον ἐντόνως ὁ καρ., Eur. <i>Cycl<\/i>. 605 ; καρκίνοις σιδηροῖς τὰ σφυρὰ πιέζων DS. 20.71.<br\/>   <b>c)<\/b> <i>zwei Knochen am Ohre u. an der Schläfe<\/i>, Poll. 2.85.<br\/>   <b>d)<\/b> <i>eine Art Schuh<\/i>, Pherecrat. bei Poll. 7.90.<br\/>[Auffallend ist, da ι sich nur kurz findet, die Bemerkung des Arcad. p. 65.16, daß <b>καρκῖνος<\/b> zu schreiben, wie auch im Hippocr. steht.]"
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